The one reason I enjoy having a blog (even if I don’t use it constantly) is that I can go back and read my posts and see where my head was a few years ago. I can relive the heartbreak and pain I felt and compare it to where I am now in my life. A few years after all of that stuff, I’m married and have a son. Things have changed, I have grew a ton and I almost have my bachelor’s degree (already HR certified). I’ve worked very hard to get to where I am in my life and I’m very proud of myself for sticking to everything. And the greatest gift I’ve ever received, arrived almost 6 months ago.
Jet James Harris was born at 1:10pm on November 13, 2018. He weighed 8lbs 6oz and measured at 21 inches long. Pregnancy was hard. From the moment I found out I was pregnant, I was plagued with morning sickness. I took medicine to keep it at bay. I only gained about 20 pounds through all of pregnancy, probably because of the morning sickness and my food aversions. I hated to cook and couldn’t stand the sight of raw meat. I didn’t even want to eat chicken, one of my favorite foods. At 28 weeks, my blood pressure went up and steadily rose until they put me on bedrest at 32 weeks. I had to do weekly biophysical’s (like a fancy sonogram where they rate the baby on different things, in case he needed to come early) and weekly doctor appointments. Towards the end I went to the doctor twice a week. I was in labor and delivery 3 times after my blood pressure rose because it was too high. I was given a steroid shot at 34 weeks just in case he needed to come early (they wanted his lungs healthy). At 37 weeks I was induced, due to the high blood pressure. After 22 really really long hours in labor, I had a C-section. Because I had a leep procedure 4 years ago, scar tissue had regrown in my cervix and it didn’t allow my cervix to dilate past 2.5 centimeters. The funny part, after all of that I would do it again in an instant.
The first 3 months of his life, felt like a slow blue or very little sleep. I watched him sleep the first few weeks, paranoid that something would happen to him. I never realized how powerful the love for a child felt, until he was placed in my arms. Thankfully, my husband was home with me for 3 weeks, and it was needed because of that C-section. My body was so exhausted from all of that. Jet had a lip and tongue tie, so he couldn’t latch properly to breastfeed. We had it repaired at 2 weeks old, but he never went back. I pumped and combo fed for the first 6 weeks of his life and then he went to straight formula. He has reflux so I think that explains why he hated lay flat when we brought him home. But now that he’s almost 6 months, he takes meds for it and sleeps 11 hours at night (which is so awesome). We did have to sleep train him two weekends ago. I’ll right about that in another blog.
Life is really great. It’s awesome, seeing the love my husband has for my son. He is such a good baby and super happy all of the time. I can’t wait to watch him grow into an amazing human being.
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